The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 2

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Episode 2

There’s another reason why this game is terrible.

[Please select a class!]

-Warrior

-Mage

-Archer

-Rogue

-Gunner

-Martial Artist

You have to choose a class from the beginning to be able to play.

Because of this, beginner strategy guides were extremely popular in the New World Community.

[It doesn’t end just because you chose a class at the beginning, so just pick whatever appeals to you most]

-There are tons of warrior classes too. Whether you want to learn swords, spears, or tank with a shield. Same goes for archers. There’s a huge variety of bow types, so you just pick one from those and learn it yeah

By the way, if you want to be a healer, go with mage. You can learn divine power instead of magic power from there. But your magic power gets converted to divine power, so you lose all your magic power lol

Oh, and lastly, never go with Martial Artist. Martial Artist is literally a class that has to survive on just hand-to-hand combat alone. Getting skills is also tricky, so I absolutely don’t recommend it.

└Mootuga, damn lol why do you do that?

└I’d rather just play healer instead lol

└In this game, healers have combat skills too. You can use combat skills with divine power ㅇㅇ

└Martial artists are strong too… Don’t underestimate them.

└Just get a gun instead. Shoot those idiots who fight with their fists lol

└Being a chairman costs too much money lol it’s literally a job only for the super rich

Martial artist is a class that’s been neglected in strategy guides along with harsh criticism from players who chose the class without knowing anything.

Martial artist is actually a decent class in its own way and can grow in various directions, but the efficiency of other classes was just too good.

However, the fact that this thinking was wrong is something only Jung Hoon currently knows.

The fact that martial artists could truly become overpowered characters would be revealed later.

By then, most people had already set their characters, so it was meaningless.

“To become an all-master, martial artist is the only way.”

The class Jung Hoon had chosen in the past was martial artist.

Martial artist was the only class that held infinite possibilities.

[You have selected Martial Artist.]

He chose martial artist as his class, just like before his regression.

[Please select your desired weapon.]

[The system recommends ‘Knuckles’.]

When you select a class, they provide you with a beginner-exclusive weapon.

And the recommended weapon differs according to each class.

Currently, the weapon that suits martial artists best is Knuckles.

Since it’s a class that has to fight barehanded, it was a fitting weapon.

‘Before my regression, I chose the Sword.’

Back then too, he chose the Sword instead of Knuckles.

Jung Hoon, who had encountered the Capsule several years later than now, had studied strategy guides very diligently.

In that process, he chose martial artist and came across a strategy about being able to handle various weapons.

[For you who are about to choose martial artist! I’ll give you a tip so take note!]

-Martial artist is a class that focuses on barehanded combat, but it’s also the only class that can learn skills with various weapons at the same time.

Don’t choose something like Knuckles at first, try selecting other weapons.

Oh, but if you’re not confident in your skills, just equip Knuckles.

It was that one line about being able to handle various weapons that made him choose martial artist.

So what he chose was the Sword.

But this time, he won’t choose the Sword.

“It’s the only opportunity to learn divine power.”

Jung Hoon really didn’t like the title of all-master.

The reason was that although he succeeded in walking the path of a mage, he couldn’t learn divine power until the very end.

Originally, mana and divine power cannot coexist.

What if he had divine power? Wouldn’t there have been a possibility he wouldn’t have been defeated so helplessly?

Divine power is what heals wounds and allows you to escape from status ailments.

[There is one way to learn both mana and divine power simultaneously. It’s a method that can only be used when you’re a beginner… so it would be impossible for the current Jung Hoon though.]

It was impossible for Jung Hoon before his regression, but it’s the only method that Jung Hoon, who has regressed as a newbie, can learn.

With this method, he can use both mana and divine power simultaneously.

Simply put, it’s like a cheat code that New World has hidden away.

“Talisman.”

What he chose for that purpose was the Talisman.

Usually when people choose martial artist, most select Knuckles.

You acquire 2 skills according to your class, and martial artists acquire skills specialized in barehanded combat.

However, such skills can be learned later.

Right now, divine power is the top priority.

[Beginner’s Talisman]

-Level: 1

-Healing: 10

-Weight: 0.01kg

-Using the Talisman recovers a certain amount of health.

Even at a glance, it was for Healing purposes, not for use as a weapon.

It had to be.

This Talisman was the only auxiliary weapon.

Choosing an auxiliary weapon instead of a main weapon in the early stages?

It might seem like crazy behavior, but this is the only path to obtain divine power.

[Weapon selection completed.]

[Starting tutorial.]

As soon as the tutorial started, Jung Hoon’s vision went dark.

* * *

[Tutorial Colosseum]

When light returned to his vision, he was in the middle of a colosseum.

Jung Hoon roughly stuffed the Talisman into his side pocket.

The advantage of a Talisman was that it could be used just by carrying it on your body.

There was no need to take it out with your hands.

[Tutorial Strategy Guide!]

-If you carelessly skip through the tutorial, it will greatly affect your future growth.

So that means you absolutely must complete the tutorial successfully!

Monster strategies are… (omitted)

└Damn right, but who gets good results in the tutorial?

└You can only create a character once, so how can you do anything with just looking at one strategy guide? lololol

└Theory and practice are different~

└There are countless people who can’t even clear stage 2 in the first place.

└Hasn’t anyone cleared up to stage 3?

└Don’t know. I heard there’s even a stage 4. They say it’s absolutely impossible to clear.

└Can’t even clear stagnant water on stage 4 lol

Jung Hoon had seen that strategy guide before.

And luckily, he had been able to clear up to stage 2.

The tutorial was designed so that most people would just clear stage 1 and move on.

The condition for upgrading those rewards was clearing each stage.

[Starting tutorial.]

[Hunt monsters.]

The tutorial is simple.

No matter what stage it is, just hunt monsters and it’s over.

A single Goblin appeared in front of Jung Hoon.

[Lv.1 Weakened Goblin]

A weakened Goblin created so that all users could clear it.

That weakened Goblin was so frail it would collapse with just one punch.

“Kerreuk… Human, will kill you…”

Its wheezing way of speaking wasn’t threatening at all.

It was even crawling toward him limply.

Jung Hoon watched it for a moment, then threw a punch.

Thwack!

His fist landed precisely on the Goblin’s philtrum.

The Goblin fell backward and soon disappeared.

[You have successfully completed the tutorial!]

[Would you like to end the tutorial? If you don’t end it and hunt the next stage’s monster, your reward will be upgraded!]

“Proceed to the next stage.”

The trial run was over, and now it was time for serious hunting.

[Tutorial stage 2 begins.]

[Hunt monsters.]

Three Goblins approached Jung Hoon.

[Lv.3 Goblin]

[Lv.3 Goblin]

[Lv.3 Goblin]

“Kerreuk! Human! Give up any thoughts of getting out alive. Kerreuk”

“Kerreuk! I’ll cut off that thing hanging between your legs. Kerrrreuk!”

“Kill. Kill. Kerreuk!”

Killing intent on a completely different level from the weakened Goblin.

Those were the real Goblins of New World.

“Try it if you can.”

Jung Hoon wiggled his finger provocatively.

“Kerreuk! Kill him!”

The provocation worked successfully.

All three Goblins rushed at Jung Hoon at once.

Jung Hoon raised his guard and blocked the Stone Axes the Goblins swung down head-on.

After taking three Stone Axe hits, Jung Hoon pivoted on his right foot and drove his elbow into the right Goblin’s temple.

“Kerreuk!”

The Goblin that took that attack staggered.

Jung Hoon kicked hard upward between the staggering Goblin’s legs.

“Keheuk!”

Unlike before, a tremendous scream erupted and the Goblin collapsed with a thud.

That was definitely 100% crushed.

“Die! Human!”

The Goblin kept striking Jung Hoon down with its stone axe.

[25% of life force consumed!]

Being Lv.1, each of the Goblin’s attacks was a critical hit.

Of course, he could dodge if he wanted to, but Jung Hoon didn’t.

[Using Beginner’s Talisman to recover life force.]

He had to take as many hits as possible while using the talisman.

Moreover, that wasn’t all.

[Fighter exclusive skill, ‘Strong Will’ is activated.]

[Skill, ‘Robust Body (Normal)’ acquired.]

Strong Will, called the flower of fighters.

It’s a skill given when choosing an initial class, a unique skill that allows you to acquire skills by unlocking closed conditions.

The skill he just obtained was Robust Body.

A passive skill that permanently increases basic health and defense by 10%.

Jung Hoon’s eyes gleamed coldly.

‘There are no more skills I can get from these guys.’

As his gaze changed, the Goblins flinched.

“Kerreuk! Human! Die quickly!”

Then it swung the stone axe even more fiercely.

However, Jung Hoon, who had been raising his guard to block the axe just moments ago, began dodging the stone axe very lightly.

Goblin attack patterns are extremely monotonous to begin with, so you can quickly get the hang of it after facing them briefly.

Even though Jung Hoon, who was an All Master, had returned to Lv.1, dodging Goblin attacks was a piece of cake.

Swoosh-!

Jung Hoon crouched down, grabbed the waist of the Goblin in front of him, and rolled together with it.

“Kerreuk?!”

As the off-balance Goblin struggled, Jung Hoon wrapped his arm around the Goblin’s neck and twisted it to break it.

Crack.

“Kek!”

The Goblin with its broken neck went limp.

“Human!”

The remaining Goblin charged while swinging its stone axe.

Jung Hoon used the limp Goblin as a shield to block the charging Goblin.

As he pushed the corpse away, the Goblin and the corpse got tangled together.

“I’ll put this to good use.”

Jung Hoon picked up one of the stone axes that had fallen to the ground.

It had changed from the Goblin’s possession to Jung Hoon’s possession.

“Kerreuk! I’ll kill you!”

“Aren’t you tired of repeating the same thing?”

This was a guy he no longer needed to deal with seriously.

Jung Hoon swung the stone axe and struck the Goblin’s head.

“Kehek!”

The Goblin lost its balance and fell.

“Go.”

Jung Hoon brought down the stone axe.

The Goblin’s body went limp.

“Okay, got one more.”

The stone axe it was holding came into Jung Hoon’s hands once again.

Now he had dual stone axes.

“Ah, you were still left?”

Jung Hoon’s head turned to the side.

The Goblin with its vital parts burst was still sitting there groaning.

“Ke, kerreuk…”

Jung Hoon raised the stone axe high and smashed the head of the last remaining Goblin.

What it was holding, unlike the other two, was an old dagger.

The surface was covered in rust, but it was better than nothing, so he took it for now.

[You have successfully completed Tutorial Stage 2!]

[Would you like to end the tutorial? If you don’t end it and hunt monsters from the next stage, the rewards will be upgraded!]

Even though Stage 2 was finished, it was the same message as before.

“I’ll go to the next stage.”

[Tutorial Stage 3 begins.]

[Hunt the monster.]

The opponent he would face this time was a Hobgoblin.

[Lv.12 Hob Goblin]

A level difference of 11 between Lv.1 Jung Hoon and this monster.

No wonder even talented people fail at stage 3.

Unlike regular goblins, the hob goblin had red skin with bulging muscles and a body nearly 2 meters tall.

“Kekeke, human, this time will be difficult.”

The weapon the hob goblin used was a spear.

It maintained proper distance and thrust the spear forward.

Jung Hoon watched it and tilted his head to the side.

The spear blade barely grazed past him.

He controlled it to take only slight damage.

[1% of life force is consumed.]

“Lucky bastard.”

The hob goblin sneered and put force into its wrist, bringing the spear straight down.

Jung Hoon barely dodged this time as well.

[1% of life force is consumed.]

[1% of life force is consumed.]

After repeating this dozens of times.

[Fighter-exclusive skill ‘Strong Will’ activates.]

[You have acquired the skill ‘Agile Body (Normal)’.]

He had obtained his target second skill.

A skill that could only be acquired by barely dodging attacks from monsters level 7 or higher 30 times.

“Kekeke! Quick little rat! I’ll kill you!”

The hob goblin thrust its spear again.

Clack!

Jung Hoon moved his body to the side and grabbed the shaft below the spear blade with his right hand.

“Kekeke?!”

Not only did he dodge the attack, but he grabbed the spear shaft with his hand?

The hob goblin was flustered.

Jung Hoon released the spear shaft and approached the hob goblin closely, stabbing the dagger in his left hand into its neck.

Thunk!

“Kehuk!”

The hob goblin, stabbed in the neck, dropped its spear and clutched its throat.

However, the dagger had already penetrated through to the carotid artery.

“Let’s finish this.”

Jung Hoon picked up the spear it had dropped and pierced the hob goblin’s heart.

The hob goblin trembled violently and then collapsed.

[Using Beginner’s Talisman to recover life force.]

Good. Now I can meet the conditions.

Clearing tutorial stage 3 and using a weapon 10 times.

[You have met the beginner-only hidden conditions.]

[Stats related to your chosen weapon will be provided.]

A limited benefit that only applied in the tutorial.

Swords would give all points to strength, bows would give strength and agility evenly, and staffs would give magic power and intelligence evenly.

Then what about the Beginner’s Talisman?

[Divine power is added.]

[Reconstructing body to allow coexistence of magic power and divine power.]

It was divine power.

‘Yes!’

Jung Hoon clenched his fist.

He had obtained divine power, which he’d had no chance to get before.

Now that he had divine power, the path to acquiring related skills was wide open.

[You have successfully completed tutorial stage 3!]

[Would you like to end the tutorial? If you don’t end it and hunt the next stage’s monsters, your rewards will be upgraded!]

And the tutorial wasn’t over yet.

Jung Hoon didn’t hesitate.

“Move to the next stage.”

[Tutorial stage 4 begins.]

[Hunt the monsters.]

The monsters that appeared this time were.

[Lv.20 Orc]

[Lv.20 Orc]

Level 20 orcs had appeared.

Two of them at that.

[You can give up midway through Stage 4. If you wish to give up, shout “give up” at any time.]

The corners of Jung Hoon’s mouth slowly curved upward.

“Give up? What a joke.”

Return of the Greatest All-Master (Serial)

Author │ Yeon I Yo

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ⓒYeon I Yo 2024

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